High Five For A Cause – DEAF COMMUNITY SERVICES of SAN DIEGO – Convo

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TRANSCRIPT: DCS helps campers to grow and have a sense of pride in identity.

WHAT IS DEAF COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO, INC.?
DCS is passionate about advocating, educating, and serving our community.

DCS HOSTS AN ANNUAL DEAF YOUTH LITERACY CAMP
DYLC is a summer camp program for deaf students for ages 8-14, who gather together to have fun.

WHAT IS YOUR CAUSE?
To grow more campers which will expand and build a stronger community of young, diverse leaders paving the way. Funding is dwindling. It’s now harder to get funds. We don’t want that because we want to support more campers. Most campers are from mainstream schools. They don’t have language at home. Our goal is to expose them to more language and literacy.

WHAT DO CAMPERS LEARN AT DYLC?

DYLC champ and unique, because of theatrical expression, outdoor team-building activities, art, and crafts, learn how to survive like build a fire safely, socialize and grow intrapersonal skills. Gain personal, social, identity growth and a variety of new themes through Deaf role models.

THE IMPACT OF DYLC
From the moment the mainstream kids wake up socializing and talking in ASL all day until bedtime, it’s a memory that they will remember. Only one week out of 52 weeks in a year that they can have this. They cherish this.

All campers should equal opportunity to experience camp. Deaf kids have different financial access. We throw that out. With your help, financial barriers will go away. This cause is powerful and will spread!